Student Course Assessment

Student Course Assessment is often conducted with the help of each college’s Office of Assessment. Some colleges have standardized Student Evaluations of Online Courses, as well as observation forms for faculty. When designing any kind of evaluation forms for student use, be careful to distinguish between the evaluation of the course design and the delivery of the course by the professor in a hybrid format.

Assessing the Impact of Hybrid learning

There are great advantages and benefits to hybrid/blended online learning. Empirical studies suggest that hybrid courses result in similar or better learning outcomes in comparison to face-to-face courses. Depending on the questions on the forms, student course assessment can help answer the following:

1. How does the effectiveness of online learning compare with that of face-to-face instruction?

Articles About Student Course Assessment

July 2, 2012Karen LundstremWhile this student evaluation is meant to be used in fully online courses and for the online CUNY BA, many of the questions apply to partially online courses. Moreover, questions that directly deal with the CUNY online BA can be reworded match individual courses. For example, in Section V, the 4th question asks, “If you had a chance to provide general academic advice to a student just beginning the CUNY Online Baccalaureate, what would your advice be?” This question could easily be reworded to read, If you had a chance to provide general academic advice to a student just beginning a partially online course, what would your advice be?
FULLY ONLINE COURSE
STUDENT EVALUATION INSTRUMENT
I. The course…
Taught me new concepts
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Taught me new skills
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Made good use of internet resources, books and other materials.
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Was intellectually challenging
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Made good use of available technology
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Made good use of assignments and exams to test knowledge/skills acquired
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Had the right balance of discussion and assignments
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
Will be useful for my current job, future career or future studies
Strongly Agree –Agree-Neutral—Disagree–Strongly Disagree–NA
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II. Considering your experience in this course, please evaluate the features listed below with regard to their usefulness and importance in you learning of knowledge, concepts and skills.
Reading assignments
Not Important at All–Of Minor Importance–Of Average Importance–Of Above Average Importance–Very Important
Feedback from and communication with instructor
Not Important at All–Of Minor Importance–Of Average Importance–Of Above Average Importance–Very Important
Discussions and other communication with other students
Not Important at All–Of Minor Importance–Of Average Importance–Of Above Average Importance–Very Important
Projects
Not Important at All–Of Minor Importance–Of Average Importance–Of Above Average Importance–Very Important
Syllabus and study guides
Not Important at All–Of Minor Importance–Of Average Importance–Of Above Average Importance–Very Important
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Please rate the difficulty of this course based on your experience.
Very easy:–Somewhat easy:–Average Difficulty: —Above Average Difficulty: –Very Difficult:
On average, how many times did you log into the course site?
1-2 times per week
3-4 times per week
5-6 times per week
7-8 times per week2
9-10 times per week
Other